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  10. üTHETHEORYOFDARKSUCKERSÇbyPaulHolmgrenandHollyStowe
  11.  
  12.    Originallypublishedin"Nutworks".
  14.    Foryearsitwasbelievedthatlightwasemittedfromanelectric
  15. bulb;recentinformationhasprovenotherwise-darkissuckedintothe
  16. bulb-therefore,thebulbisadarksucker.
  18.    Therearemanytypesandsizesofdarksuckers.Thelargest
  19. manufacturersofdarksuckersareGeneralElectricandSylvania.Some
  20. moderndarksuckersutilizesolidpowertooperateproperly.Solidpower
  21. unitscanbepurchasedfromEveready,Exide,andDuracell.
  23.    Thedarksuckertheoryprovestheexistenceofdarksuckersaswellas
  24. provingthatdarkisheavierthanlight.Someexamplesareasfollows:
  26. üElectricbulbs:ÇThereislessdarkneartheelectricbulbthanata
  27. distanceof100feetwhenitisoperating;therefore,itissuckingdark
  28. andcanbeclassifiedasadarksucker.Thelargerthedarksucker,the
  29. greaterthedistanceitcansuckdark.Thelargerthedarksuckerthe
  30. greateritscapacityofdark.Thedarksuckingcapabilitiesareevident
  31. whenthedarksuckerhasreacheditscapacityandwillnolongersuck
  32. dark.Atthatpointyoumaynoticethedarkareaontheinsideportionof
  33. thedarksucker.Thelargerthedarksucker,thelargertheareaofdark
  34. foundwithin.Thistypeofdarksuckercanbemadedirectionalbyplacing
  35. ashieldaroundaportionoftheunitorbehindit.Thiswillprevent
  36. darkfromenteringthedarksuckerfromthatsidetherebyextendingthe
  37. rangeofthedarksuckerontheunprotected/unshieldedside.
  39. üCandlesÇ-primitivedarksuckers:Thereismoredark30feetfromalit
  40. candlethenthereisatadistanceof3feet.Proofofit'sdarksucking
  41. capabilitiesisrelativelysimple.Examineanewunusedcandle,notice
  42. thatthecentrecoreisnotdark.Ignitethecentercore.Allowthe
  43. centercoretoburnforabout5minutes.Noticethelackofdarkaround
  44. thecandle.Extinguishthecandleflame.Noticethatthecentercoreof
  45. thecandleisnowdark.Thecentercoreisadarksuckerprotectedbya
  46. softinsulatortoextendit'slifeexpectancyandmaintainrigidityto
  47. verifythatthisprimitivedarksuckerisoperatingproperly.Ignitethe
  48. centercoreandallowittoburnforaminimumof2minutes.Passaclean
  49. penciloverthetopoftheflame,lefttoright,approximately3inches
  50. abovethecentercore.Noticethatthereisnodarkonthepencil.Pass
  51. thepenciloverthecentercorenowabout1/2inch.Noticethatthe
  52. pencilnowhasadarkarea.Thepencilblockedthepathofthedarkbeing
  53. suckedtothecoreofthedarksucker.Thistypedarksuckerisvery
  54. primitiveanddoesnotsuckdarkanygreatdistancenordoesithavea
  55. largecapacity.
  57.    Darksuckersolidpowerunitsmaybepurchasedlocallyatavarietyof
  58. outlets.Sizedoesnotdeterminethelifeexpectancyofthedarksucker
  59. solidpowerunit.Thesesolidpowerunitsworkwithmanymoderndark
  60. suckers,andabsorbdarkfromthedarksucker.Theabsorbeddarkis
  61. convertedtosolidpowerwithintheunit.
  63.    Anexampleoftheconversionofdarkintosolidpowerinthe
  64. automobileoftoday.Noticeanautoinuseduringdarkhours.Two
  65. (possiblyfour)largedarksuckersarelocatedonthefront.Ontherear
  66. Çtherearetwo(or3)smallerdarksuckerswithredfilters.Youmayalso
  67. noticeseveraldarksuckerswithyellowfilters.Thesefiltersare
  68. requiredtoremoveapercentageofredandyellowfromtotaldarksoas
  69. toenergizethesolidpowerunit.Thesolidpowerunitpermitstheauto
  70. tobeutilizedduringhoursofnodarkbythedarkithasabsorbed.The
  71. numberofdarksuckersvarieswiththeageoftheautomobile.Newer
  72. automobilesolidpowerunitsrequireagreaterpercentageofredfiltered
  73. dark.Olderunitsgenerallyrequiremorenon-filtereddark.Thesolid
  74. powerunitoftheautomobilehasadarkinterior.Thiscanbeprovedby
  75. cuttingthesolidpowerunitinhalf.
  77. Darkisheavierthanlight.Darkalwayssettlestothebottomofalake
  78. and/orriver.Submergejustbelowthesurfaceofalakeandyouwill
  79. noticeanabsenceofdark.Loweryourselfto15feetbelowthesurface
  80. andyouwillnoticeadegreeofdarknessevenonasunny,brightday.
  81. Loweryourselfto50feet(ormore)belowthesurfaceandyouarein
  82. totaldark.Ergo,thedarkhassettledtothebottom;therefore,darkis
  83. heavierthanlight.Moderntechnologyhasallowedustoutilizethedark
  84. thathassettledtothebottomoflargeriversthroughthecreationof
  85. turbineswhichpushthedarkdownrivertotheocean,whichhaslarger
  86. holdingcapacityfordarkandisacommonsafestoragelocation.Asthe
  87. darkispassedthroughtheturbine,apercentageofsolidpoweris
  88. removedandtransmittedtovariousshorttermstorageplantsformany
  89. usages.Priortoturbines,itwasmuchmoredifficulttomovethedark
  90. fromriverstostorageareassuchasdeeplakesortheocean.TheIndians
  91. wouldpaddletheircanoesverylittleandnotverydeeplyiftheywere
  92. goinginthedirectionofflowofdarksoasnottoslowitdown.
  93. However,iftheyweretravellingoppositethenaturalflowofdark,they
  94. woulddigtheirpaddlesverydeepandrapidlytoassisttheflowofdark
  95. toitsoceanstorageplace.
  97. Darkisfasterthanlight.Ifyouwouldopenadrawerveryslowly,you
  98. willnoticethatthelightgoesintothedrawer.(Youcanseethis
  99. happen.)Youcannotseethedarkleavethedrawer.Continuetoopenthe
  100. drawerandlightwillcontinuetoenterthedrawer;however,youwillnot
  101. seeanydarkleavethedrawer.Therefore,darkisfasterthanlight.
  102.    Gointoacloset,closethedoor,andturnoffthedarksucker.Havea
  103. friendopenthedoorabout1inch.Yourfriendwillnotseeanydark
  104. leavethecloset,norwillyou.Haveyourfriendopenthedooruntilhalf
  105. theclosetisdarkandhalfislight.Since2objectscannotoccupythe
  106. samespaceatthesametime,andyoudonotfeelanychangeinpressure,
  107. bycompressingthedark,itislogicaltoassumethatdarkisfasterthan
  108. light.
  110.    Onelastproof.
  112. Whatisaby-productofmovementofdark?Heat.Whatisabi-productof
  113. darksuckers?Heat,again.
  115. Thereforeadarksuckergeneratesheatduringitsoperation,suckingdark
  116. fromthesurroundingarea.
  117.  
  118. éThefollowingbithasbeenextractedfromGard'sfirstCLtoStefanand
  119. Richard.Itwaswrittenduringthesummerof1989whileGardhadmoreor
  120. lessnothingtodo...
  121. Ç
  122. Hey!Thattheoryaboutdarkbeingfasterthanlightiswrong.Read
  123. carefullyasIwillwritethisonlyonce:
  124.    Ifyouputafriendinadrawerandcloseit,hewillbeabletosay
  125. thatitisdarkinthere.Well,whenyouopenthedrawer,yourfriend
  126. Çwillsaythatthedarkdisappears,buthedidn'tfeelthelightthathit
  127. him,sothedarkhadtoleaveatthesametimeasthelightcame.Neither
  128. didhefeelanyvacuumasthedarkleft,sothelighthadtobethereat
  129. thesametimeasthedarkleft.
  130.    Tounderstandthis,wemustknowwhatüisÇlightandwhatüisÇdark.Dark
  131. iswhentheelectronsofanatomisinitsplace.Whenitisn'tdark
  132. (e.g.light),theelectronsaren'tinitsorbitroundtheatom.
  133. Therefore,thenaturalthingisdarkness.Wecouldsaythattheelectrons
  134. usuallyarelazy.
  135.    Adarksucker(lightbulb)doesn'tsuckdark,butchangesthe
  136. conditionoftheelectronsaroundit.Weallknowtha